Anita Maris Boggs
Anita Maris Boggs | |
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| Born | Anita Uarda Maris Boggs November 14, 1888 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 12, 1937 (aged 49) Jerusalem, Palestine |
| Other names | A. Maris Boggs |
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| Known for | Co-founder, Bureau of Commercial Economics |
| Notable work | Vision |
| Awards | Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia |
Anita Maris Boggs (sometimes, A. Maris Boggs; 1888–1937) was an American economist, educator, and philanthropist.[1] She was the co-founder of the Bureau of Commercial Economics (BCE),[2][3] its film library being one of the largest of the kind in its day, and the only one that was international;[4] by 1920, it had the largest educational film library in the world.[5]
Boggs served as President of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the League of American Penwomen;[6] and was a Fellow of the American Geographic Society. She was a recipient of the Order of the White Lion.
Early life and education
[edit]Anita Uarda Maris Boggs was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 14, 1888. Her parents were Benjamin R. and Mary Emma (Maris) Boggs.[2] Anita had a brother, Randolph Maris Boggs (born 1887).[7]
She was educated at Bryn Mawr College (A.B., 1910) and University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1911).[2][3]
Career
[edit]In 1913, Boggs and Francis Holley co-founded the BCE. Boggs served as its Dean until 1922, when she took over as Director, with Holley dying the next year.[1] The aim of the Bureau was promoting amity between the nations. Both of the founders were firm believers in what was termed visual education. She traveled around the world and was the guest of several foreign governments that asked her to assist them in establishing the work of the Bureau in their countries so that their people might receive the benefits of the service it extended.[8] Boggs had financial means and accepted no salary.[9]
Boggs was a special collaborator in visual instruction with the U.S. Bureau of Education, 1915–25;[6] Traveling widely, Boggs was familiar with a multiple foreign languages, including, Arabic.[10] She served as an educational representative in the U.S. of the government of Canada, Australia, Argentine, France, Great Britain, Japan, Bolivia, and others; associate director, department of public service, Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America, 1921–2; and as Councillor for Native Americans.[3]
Boggs wrote magazine articles on educational motion pictures and philosophy, as well as international finance, economics, and tariffs. She served as editor of the BCE's official organ, Vision;[2][11] and as President of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the League of American Penwomen.[6]
She was a member of the Bryn Mawr Alumnae association, and Trail Riders of the Rockies; honorary life member of the Maryland Academy of Science; honorary member, Medical Academy of Science and the Cleveland Photographic Society;[11] and Vice-president, American International Academy.[2] Boggs was a Fellow of the American Geographic Society.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Boggs was a resident of Washington, D.C. from 1913. She never married.[2]
In 1934, Boggs traveled to Europe and Western Asia with Dorothy Quincy Smith, her traveling companion. After requiring surgery in Bethlehem in January 1935, Boggs was unable to continue traveling.[11] She died in Jerusalem, Palestine, on July 12, 1937.[11]
Awards and honors
[edit]- Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia[11]
- Boggs received thanks of the U.S. Government and of various other nations, for constructive work in behalf of humanity.[6]
Selected works
[edit]Translator
[edit]- Belgian Schools for Crippled Soldiers (1918), by Leon de Paeuw, translated by A. Maris Boggs
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cook, Robert Cecil (1928). "BOGGS, A Maris". Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States. Who's Who in American Education. p. 46. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d e f "BOGGS, A. Maris". Who's who in the Nation's Capital. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1926. p. 79. Retrieved 24 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d "BOGGS, A. Maris". Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis. 1924. p. 446. Retrieved 25 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Ulm, Aaron Hardy (October 1921). "Once Blind, He Now Helps Others to See". American Magazine. 92 (4). Colver Publishing House: 55. Retrieved 24 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Parker, A. L. (February 1920). "Motion Pictures in the Far Places". The Ladies' Home Journal. 37. Meredith Corporation: 3. Retrieved 25 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d Leonard, John W.; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1928). Who's who in America. Marquis Who's Who. Retrieved 25 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Jordan, John Woolf; Jordan, Wilfred (1911). Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1124. Retrieved 25 December 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "A Great Educational Work". The South Bend Tribune. 28 December 1926. p. 8. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Sherman, John Dickinson (31 May 1923). "Pictures - Without Money and Without Price". The Sutton Register. p. 3. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS". St. Joseph News-Press. 1 May 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "DR MARIS BOGGS EDUCATOR DIES". Evening Star. 13 July 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 25 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Anita Maris Boggs, by Laura Isabel Serna, at Women Film Pioneers Project, Columbia University